December 5, 2015 Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap Behind a veil of secrecy, at least 30 journalists have been kidnapped or have disappeared in Syria -- held and threatened with death by extremists or taken captive by gangs seeking ransom.
December 5, 2015 Syria showdown: US, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia enter talks Tensions between Syria and Saudi Arabia intensified Thursday ahead of talks with Iran and the U.S. on a solution to the Syrian war.
December 5, 2015 FBI probing if 3 American teens detained in Germany attempted to join ISIS A law enforcement source told Fox News Tuesday that the three girls are all under the age of 18 and are not expected to face charges.
December 5, 2015 European Union to lift arms embargo on Syrian opposition Though no EU country has any such plans now to send arms, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the decision "sends a very strong message from Europe to the Assad regime."
December 5, 2015 Syrian government, opposition meet in same room for peace talks Delegations from Syria's government and the Western-backed opposition hoping to overthrow it will face each other "in the same room" Saturday for the first time ever, a U.N. mediator said.
December 5, 2015 Hezbollah vows to step up involvement in Syria's civil war The leader of the militant Hezbollah group said Sunday that the region is facing "unprecedented danger" from extremist groups and vowed his fighters will expand their involvement in Syria's civil war in support of government forces.
December 5, 2015 Syria's Assad says he receives info about US-led coalition's anti-ISIS strikes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says that his government has received information about airstrikes carried out by a U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State terror group, but has denied any direct coordination between the parties.
December 5, 2015 Kerry says Syrian handover of arms could prevent US action Secretary of State John Kerry re-stated his belief Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was behind a chemical weapons attack against rebel forces on the outskirts of Damascus last month, and said that the Syrian leader could prevent a strike against his country by U.S. forces if he turned over all his chemical weapons to the international community.
December 5, 2015 Doctors describe suspected Syria chlorine attacks to UN Security Council members U.N. Security Council members were moved to tears Thursday as the first eyewitness to the latest suspected chlorine attacks on civilians in Syria emerged from the country to give a graphic eyewitness account of dying children.
December 5, 2015 Syria chemical arms deal strengthens Al Qaeda’s influence in region Even though a deal was brokered in September to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons program, the civil war there has not let up. This week, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that over 120,000 Syrians have been killed so far in the conflict.
